empowerstudents - Presentation Tools

These tools are perfect for students to showcase their knowledge.

*CMCSS teachers and Technology Integration Coaches are using the free versions of these tools.

Presentation and Digital Content Creation Tools Training Page

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Tool	Description	Account Information	Equipment Needed	Included in these Professional Learning Session(s)
Big Huge Labs	Turn a picture into a motivational poster trading cards magazine cover pop art poster jigsaw puzzle movie poster map maker calendar badge maker framer cube billboard bead art Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	No accounts required. An account can be made to save and edit student work. *Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Chatterpix Kids - iPad App	Take a picture with the iPad camera or choose one loaded in the gallery. Draw a 'mouth' on the image Record voice over the image Saves as a video with the image 'speaking' Can add text Can add limited photo enhancements Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	No account needed	iPad	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Class Tools	Create games quizzes activities diagrams Fakebook Twister Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	No account is required.	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Easel.ly	Create and share powerful visuals infographics posters charts Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work. *Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page
Document Camera	Teachers already use this tool to help show images through the projector, but there is software that allows it to... take photos that are saved directly to the teacher computer capture video clips to the teacher's laptop. capture time-lapse video by choosing 3 settings.	No account is required to capture and save the video. To publish, an account is needed, such as YouTube or Google.	Qomo document camera, Laptop, USB to USB cable, either the Visual Capture Presenter(Mac) or VidCap(Windows) If you don't have the software, turn in a CMCSS technology work order to have it loaded to your teacher laptop. Document Camera QD3x00 , QPC20, QPC30, QPC60/A, QPC70, QPC80, QD700, QD8000, QD6000 Visualizer Software (V4.0) XP/Vista/7/8 (.msi &.exe) (111295KB) QD600, QD700, QD750, and QP10 Driver for Windows XP/7 (29297KB) Visual Presenter OS X 1.0.2.zip Details Download 1 MB See your CMCSS Technology Integration Coach for the District's Serial Number	Technology Model Classroom Document Camera Video Capture Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page
Educreations	Unique interactive whiteboard and screencasting annotate animate narrate Create short instructional videos Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy - Intermediate Ease of use - Student: Easy	A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work to the web. Educreation videos can be saved to the iPad without an account. *Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Student - computer or tablet	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page Teaching with iPads--Elementary Teaching with iPads--Middle and High

Fotobabble	Fotobabble quickly turns a picture into an audio picture story. Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work. *Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Google Slides	Create a new presentation and edit with others at the same time. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection Use Slides to edit PowerPoint files Ease of use - Teacher: Intermediate Ease of use - Student: Easy	Teacher account required. Student accounts are not required. *Note - talk with your* *Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student	Google Collaboration Tools Google Apps for Education Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

iMovie	Create and edit videos. Preparation time is required. Ease of use - Teacher: Intermediate Ease of use - Student: Intermediate	No accounts required.	Computer with iOS operating system (Mac)	iMovie and more

Movie Maker	Turn your videos and photos into movies with Movie Maker. Preparation time is required. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy - Intermediate Ease of use - Student: Easy - Intermediate	No accounts required.	Computer with Windows operating system (PC)	Windows Movie Maker & Photo Story 3

Nearpod	Nearpod allows users to create or search for presentations with engaging content that assess student knowledge. Preparation time is required. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	A teacher account is required.	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Office Mix	Create engaging presentations with Office Mix. embed questions maps simulations Preparation time is required. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy - Intermediate Ease of use - Student: Easy - Intermediate	No accounts required.	Computer with Microsoft Office 2013	Microsoft Innovative Educator Microsoft Office Mix and Sway

Photo Booth	Photo Booth is a tool that take pictures add filters create paper slide videos Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	No accounts required.	Computer with iOS operating system (Mac)	iMovie and more Teaching with iPads--Elementary Teaching with iPads--Middle and High

Photo Peach	A web tool that allows for the quick and easy creation of an audio slideshow with captions. Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy PhotoPeach for Education	A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work. *Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student Creating a PhotoPeach on PhotoPeach	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Photo Story 3	Create engaging digital stories using photos titles and effects motion and transitions narration music Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	No accounts required.	Computer with Windows operating system (PC)	Windows Movie Maker & Photo Story 3

Piktochart	Piktochart is an easy infographic design app. Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work. *Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Quicktime Player	It is not just for playing movie/video files. The version on Mac computers can record video from the computer's built-in camera or record the activity onscreen and user's voice for a screencapture video. The Mac version of this tool can record audio using the computer's built-in microphone or a plugging headset. Mac users can screenshot and screencapture video.	No account is required.	MAC ONLY	iMovie and More

Scratch	Creates movies, animations, programs, and introduces code writing in a fun, visual interface. It is also available as downloadable program Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy Built-in tutorials for starter projects with both video and picture help make it very user-friendly.	An account can be created if you wish to save your work online. Students below 13 will need parental permission. Work can be saved in the offline program or download from the online editor and saved to the local computer for later editing.	A computer with internet connection for the online editor or the downloaded program for offline use.

Screencastify	Make a screencapture video of anything on the web through the Chrome web browser. This is a free add-on to the Chrome browser.	A Google account is required. Students can use their Google Apps for Education account to add to their version of the Chrome browser.	The Chrome browser is required.	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Shadow Puppets Edu	Easily create videos in the classroom! make videos to tell stories explain ideas document their learning Preparation time is required. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	No accounts are required.	iPad	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page Teaching with iPads--Elementary Teaching with iPads--Middle and High

Show Me	Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! Preparation time is required. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy		iPad	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Snip	Use Snip to take screenshots of part or all of the device's screen, then annotate with markers and highlighters while recording voice over the image. Share out your work via email or as an MP4 file.	No account is required to access or use Snip. Student's Office 365 email can be used to send. Students' Google accounts can be used to share.	Laptop or Desktop computer running Windows 10

Sway	Use Sway to easily create and share a polished, interactive, web-based canvas of your ideas, creations, and presentations. Preparation time is required. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Student: Easy	Teacher and student accounts are required. (Office 365) *Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

Tagxedo	Turn words into visually stunning word clouds. Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	No accounts are required.	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student

ThingLink	Make your images interactive. Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy - Intermediate	A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work. *Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student

Timeline JS	Beautifully crafted timelines that are easy and intuitive to use. Preparation time is required. Proficiency with Google Apps is recommended. Ease of use - Teacher: Intermediate Ease of use - Student: Easy - Intermediate	Teacher account required. Student accounts are not required. Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach about guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student	Presentation and Digital Content Tools Training Page

VoiceThread	VoiceThread allows all students to make observations, comments, or narration about a photograph or graphic.	A teacher account is required. An account is required to create, save, and edit student work. **Note - talk with your Technology Integration Coach for guidelines for student accounts.*	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student

Wordle	Wordle is a tool for generating word clouds from text you provide. Preparation time required is minimal. Ease of use - Teacher: Easy Ease of use - Student: Easy	No account is required.	Teacher - computer and projector Students - computer or tablet for each student
kizoa	Kizoa is a free online movie maker. Preparation time: minimal Ease of use Teacher: easy Ease of use Student: Easy	Free with limited features 1 GB of storage Download movies: max 1 min in 600p standard resolution + logo Share by email, FB, blog etc.